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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ronell

Ronell was the 9536th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1283rd with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,111 places. More babies were named Ronell in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#9,536 boys, down 2,579 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
8boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197648 babies
Total since 1880
1,949babies recorded

Ronell popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#9,536—8
2020—#6,957—12
2010—#5,206—18
2000—#4,037—20
1990—#1,805—44
1980#7,968#1,995828
1970#4,000#1,8401524
1960#6,249#1,545628
1950#4,654#2,73579
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How popular is Ronell, counting every spelling?

Ronell is a spelling of Ronel, a name family that had 21 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Ronel7#10,46545
Ronnell6#11,73136
Ronell8#9,53631

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Ronell?

8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ronell (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ronell born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ronell.

Chance of another Ronell in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Ronell?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Ronell are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 26 and 51. That makes Ronell mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Ronell: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ronell, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Ronell

How popular is the name Ronell?

Ronell was the 9536th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1283rd with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,111 places. More babies were named Ronell in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Ronell a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ronell in the US.